It doesn’t matter if you’ve never written before – if you love your bike and want to share your stories of life in the saddle or on the road – then come and join us for these three, fun writing sessions celebrating the magic, the machinery, the freedom and the beauty of the open road.

In Week 1, we’ll be inviting you to bring your motorcycle, scooter and cycling memorabilia along, as we write autobiographically about first bikes, memorable journeys and formative encounters.

In Week 2, we’ll be watching movies and paying homage to motorcycling icons in film and literature like T.E. Lawrence, Steve McQueen and James Dean; Hunter S Thompson, Robert M Pirzig and Frederick Seidel, before getting creative with our own stories.

And in our final week: we’ll be shooting video footage of your bikes and creating a piece of collaborative writing, that truly celebrates the love of two wheels.

Writing from The Motorcycle Diaries will be published in a chap-book published by the De La Warr Pavilion and the videos and film footage will be incorporated into the Shaun Gladwell season.

Wendy Ann Greenhalgh is an award winning writer and experienced creative writing tutor. Her popular writing workshops regularly attract over 20 writers at a time and she is a member of New Writing South’s Creative Learning Team. She has an imaginative, playful approach to teaching, described by the National Association For Literature Development as ‘creative and innovative’. You can find out more about her on her website.

Free - £10 Holding fee, to be refunded on the day.

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